Stratos Georgoulas Knihy

Focusing on the evolution of radical criminological thought, this book delves into Ancient Greece's Classical, Hellenistic, and Greco-Roman periods. It analyzes the socio-political struggles and knowledge production shifts that shaped concepts of crime, justice, and deviance. By exploring key literature, religions, and philosophers, the book highlights the growing divide between social consensus and conflict, influencing modern criminological discourse. It serves as a vital resource for those interested in the historical foundations and future directions of criminology.

Focusing on the evolution of radical criminological thought, this book delves into the social, political, and cultural shifts from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. It builds on previous discussions from Classical Greece and early Christianity, analyzing key literature, religious influences, and philosophical developments of the time. Each chapter reveals how early radical perspectives emerged and their connections to contemporary criminology, appealing to scholars across various disciplines interested in the historical context of criminological knowledge.

This book critically explores the development of radical criminology through a range of written Ancient Greek works including epic and lyrical poetry, drama and philosophy, across different chapters. It traces the development of political power and the concepts of law, legitimacy, crime, justice and deviance in the Ancient Greek world and the political struggles that propelled that development, using the conflict perspective as a conceptual tool of the sociological analysis of reality. Theoretical discussions of crime and justice typically stem from the better known works of Plato or Aristotle although this book explores the works preceding these. This book will appeal to those interested in the (pre)history of criminology and the historical production of criminological knowledge.